Let’s talk business for a few minutes. Cupcake Project has a couple of new features designed to make your life easier. First, I’ll share them with you, and then I’ll tell you about a sweet MOO card giveaway (MOO cards are business cards, but you’ll love them even if you don’t have a business – I’ll explain why later).

Saving Recipes

I’ve teamed up with ZipList to add a new feature to Cupcake Project that allows you to save recipes and create shopping lists (both on Ziplist’s site and also using their free mobile app). To save Cupcake Project recipes, just click the new “Save Recipe” button found at the top of each post. ZipList will ask you to sign up for their site the first time you click the button. Signing up will not only allow you to save my recipes, but you’ll also be able to save recipes from all of their partner sites, including MarthaStewart.com, Bakers Royale, and Joy of Baking – and they’ll all be saved in one place.

I had to share a screen shot of ZipList’s shopping list feature because I think it’s particularly good. The list above is for my butternut squash mac and cheese cupcakes. Notice that the shopping list displays everything you need to buy and separates out pantry staples that it guesses you may already have.

Once you sign up, you can easily access your recipe box and shopping list from either the recipe box on the top right-hand side of this blog, ZipList.com, or by using ZipList’s free mobile apps.

I hope that you use ZipList and love it! Let me know what you think!

Pinterest

Some of you have already been pinning photos from Cupcake Project. Love it!

I know that many of you are already using or have become completely addicted to Pinterest – a website that allows you to bookmark photos from across the web, organize, and share them. If you are not yet using Pinterest, have a peek at my pin boards to get an idea of how it can be used.

I’ve now made it easier for you to pin photos from Cupcake Project by placing a pin button at the top of each post.

MOO Card Giveaway

I’ve purchased my business cards from MOO.com for years. Whenever I hand someone a MOO card, they comment on the cards and ask where I got them (unless they already are using MOO themselves). What makes MOO cards stand out (aside from their high quality paper and options like rounded corners) is that you can put a different photo on every card. This is super fun for my cupcake cards and an important selling tool for Jonathan’s photography business (his cards act as a mini portfolio).

Here’s a screenshot of the editing process for Jonathan’s new business cards. You can see the many different photos he plans to use on his cards.

I know that some of you may think that you don’t need business cards. Even if you don’t have a “business”, having MOO cards can come in handy. I always hand out Cupcake Project cards to new friends that I meet just so we can stay in touch.

There are also a million creative uses for MOO cards. For example, you can use MOO cards to make a personalized game of memory for kids. Pick photos that are relevant to the child, print two of each card design and have fun playing!

MOO is giving away three sets of 100 business cards to Cupcake Project readers. Full disclosure: MOO also gave me some free cards in exchange for running this giveaway. Normally I wouldn’t work with a company that didn’t have a direct baking tie-in, but I’ve been using and loving MOO cards for so long that I was excited for the chance to share them with you.

To encourage you to try out the new Cupcake Project features, I’m giving you three ways to enter (one involves saving recipes through ZipList and one involves Pinterest). You only have to do one to enter, but you have the option of entering all three times.

Entry 1: Leave a comment on this post telling me why you want the cards. How would you use them? Don’t forget to leave a way to contact you.

Entry 2: Find a recipe you love on Cupcake Project and use the “Save Recipe” button to save it. Leave a comment on this post letting me know which recipe you saved. Don’t forget to leave a way to contact you if you win.

Entry 3: Pin something from a Cupcake Project post using the Pin button. It can be a photo from this post (telling people about the MOO card giveaway), or any photo you love from Cupcake Project. Then, come back to this post and leave a comment telling me what you pinned and your Pinterest username.

Fine Print

The contest will run through 11:59 PM CST on Friday, Jan. 27.

I will randomly draw three winners on Saturday, Jan. 28. I will contact the winners and post their names on this post. If I do not hear back from a winner within one week of contacting them, I reserve the right to draw a new winner.

Cards with rounded corners are not included in the giveaway, but the winners may pay an upgrade fee if they would prefer that style.

International readers are welcomed to enter. MOO is happy to ship the cards anywhere in the world!

You’ve got some great ideas. I definitely have to get on pinterest – lots of fun, and a huge driver of blog traffic. Moo cards are great, and perfect for the reasons you describe. You have some really good things going on with your blog – congrats. (And congrats on the RFT nomination.)

I of course had to pin your Buffalo Chicken Super Bowl Cucpakes and I can’t wait to try them! I also used Ziplist for your Pomegranate Mojito Cupcakes (I’m makeing them tonight!) I would love to try the MOO business cards for Cups by Kim! They look amazing and would be a great way to share my designs with everyone I meet!

Hooray! I love pinterest, and this is the first time I’ve been able to leave multiple entries for a contest! (I don’t use facebook or twitter). I followed all of your boards and pinned your home-made bailey’s (still need to make that…). pin is here, and my username is rhinoceroses: http://pinterest.com/pin/275634439663676305/

I love moo cards. I have been wanting a set of these for quite a long time. I am in the beginning stages of my new business and I would love to win a set of these. It would be one less thing that I have to pay for. =0)

Wow, awesome cards. I LOVE them, they look so professional and really seem like they’d stand out (in a good way). I just started a cupcake business, and would really find these business cards wonderful to get my name out there.

You know how much I have admired your Moo cards! Until reading your post I hadn’t really thought about how I would use them. But as an author, how awesome would it be to have cards done showing the covers of my books? I have also saved the Chocolate Peanut Butter Hi-Hat Cupcake recipe to my recipe box, and pinned the Better Than Sex Cupcakes to my Pinterest (Kim Wolterman) account. If I am a winner you can contact me at kimwolterman@gmail.com. Thanks for the contest!

Your blog ROCKS!!! I have been so inspired from your posts & recipes that I’ve embarked on a path to follow my own passion for baking. My ‘language of love’ is baking for people. I started a blog with my daughters and I have a ‘Baking and Blogging’ page. Soon I will enter a niche business with my baking. I would love to try the MOO cards!! They look amazing! I’m so excited about it all I can hardly sleep. I have been pinning all kinds of things from your blog and I will definetely try the Save Recipe button. Thanks & keep up the amazing work…we really appreciate you!

I just posted but I used ziplist so this is my second entry. I won’t be using pin, oddly enough I don’t like it too much. Like I said I’ll use the cards for my business. I did it on ultimate vanilla cupcake!

i pinned the photo of the MOO cards…i also have a photography business and have been meaning to get some new business cards as i recently got married and my name is now changed:) my pinterest name is caroline wasko

This is wonderful, I was just saying how I need to find somewhere to order biz cards from and then the next day I open this email. Almost too good to be true, the way cupcakes make me feel!I would use these for my party planning and promotion company. dancingtoyou@gmail.com

Yay for Flight of The Conchords and this giveaway! I have thought about getting my own Moo cards for a while, but was not quite sure what to use them for. But a few people have asked me for my blog address recently, and giving them a card woyuld have been the easiest way to pass that information on.

My friend and I love event planning and have been making cakes and small bits for parties. We have been seriously considering starting our own catering business and nothing like have business cards to pass out to friends for PR.

Oh, I also have a cupcake decorating party business and MOO cards would be great to show some of the fun designs people can choose to learn! I always wished there was a way to put more than one image on a business card… what a great concept! This will be perfect! http://www.goodnrichcakes.com

I would love Moo cards! I’ve been meaning to get a batch for quite some time, since I’ve often wanted to pass on a business card or two to people, with contact details (for possible copywriting work) and with a link to my blog (clairebonello.com).

I’ve actually already pinned some of your amazing things on Pinterest, I most recently added your buffalo cupcakes! So cute and such a great idea. I’ve shared your edible cookie dough countless times as well. I LOVE your site!

How great are these? I was actually just looking for something like these to make a dominoes/memory game out of. My nephew moved out of state and they live in a small sky town with no other family – I thought it would be great to make him a memory or “guess who?” type game with pictures of all of his family members…I also don’t want him to forget us! Thanks for help to find the medium for this.

NICE! I really love the SAVE RECIPE BUTTON, thanks for sharing! I saved your Angel Food Cupcakes Recipe (others soon to follow) and now will need to get that totally cute wing cut out as well, it’s just too cute! Include me in the MOO giveaway too. I signed in with my google account so you should be able to find me or at http://pinterest.com/cupcakedreamer

I saved the Ultimate Vanilla recipe into my recipe box! I will be using it as a base for making funfetti cupcakes, folding sprinkles into the mixture after following all of your steps (besides the baking bit). Let me know if you have any helpful tips for doing this!

I just launched a paper design company (www.theinviteloft.com) and would LOVE to use these cards so I could feature different invitation designs on them and they’ll DOUBLE as my business cards…which is TOO cool! @jlweddingsjlynn.stratman@gmail.com

Such a great giveaway! I’ve used moo mini cards before but never purchased the regular sized ones – they are always so beautiful though! I am starting a new job in a week that will require lots of networking, so I’d use these cards for that to print all of my social media and contact info!

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